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Definition of Heartbroken
1. Adjective. Full of sorrow.
Similar to: Sorrowful
Derivative terms: Brokenheartedness, Heartsickness
Definition of Heartbroken
1. a. Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
Definition of Heartbroken
1. Adjective. Suffering from sorrow, especially after a failed romance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heartbroken
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Heartbroken
1. Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartbroken
Literary usage of Heartbroken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"I wish to mention, in justice to myself, that it was not my fault, and that I am
quite exhausted and heartbroken. Need I say more? ..."
2. The Life of Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Tragedian by William John Lawrence (1892)
"... in England and the Colonies—The Poolbeg Memorial Lifeboat : an Ephemeral
Memento—Avonia Jones Heartbroken—Appears at the Surrey in East Lynnc—Returns to ..."
3. "Tell it All": the Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism: An Autobiography by T. B. H. Stenhouse (1878)
"... Divided Household—Seeking Sympathy—The forsaken Wife—The change which Polygamy
produced in a Husband—Comforting a heartbroken Wife—Dark thoughts—Waiting ..."
4. Paris Days and London Nights by Alice Ziska Snyder, Milton Valentine Snyder (1921)
"CHAPTER XIII Weary and Heartbroken Refugees from War Zone Reach Paris —Little
Children just out of Cradle Victims of German Advance—Praise for Red Cross ..."
5. Paris Days and London Nights by Alice Ziska Snyder, Milton Valentine Snyder (1921)
"CHAPTER XIII Weary and Heartbroken Refugees from War Zone Reach Paris —Little
Children just out of Cradle Victims of German Advance—Praise for Red Cross ..."
6. Landmarks of Detroit a History of the City by Robert Budd Ross, George Byron Catlin, Clarence Monroe Burton (1898)
"... of Louisiana—His Apparent Promotion is a Scheme of His Enemies—They Confiscate
His Property and He Returns to France Ruined and Heartbroken—1710-1720. ..."
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